Open AccessInvolving Undergraduates in Research To Encourage Them To Undertake Ph.D. Study in Economics
Author(s) -
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 16.936
H-Index - 297
eISSN - 1944-7981
pISSN - 0002-8282
DOI - 10.1257/000282805774669772
Subject(s) - economics , economics education , positive economics , sociology , economic growth , higher education
This paper discusses the reasons for the recent decline in Economics PhDs given out to American citizens and posits that the trend could be curbed if faculty were encouraged to utilize undergraduates more frequently in research projects and papers within not only the classroom, but within their respective departments at large.
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